Aeroplane fuselage fitted with arrangements for carrying and dropping large bombs



Dec, 8, 1931. G. CAPRONI AEROPLANE FUSELAGE FITTED WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARRYING AND DROPPING LARGE BOMBS Filed Dec 5, 1929 INVENTOR V fi gYtnnil 6%0107213 ATTORNEY MHZ,

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Various'arrangements h'aveb'een proposed 'for carrying bombs on aeroplanes byitaking advantage .of the fuselage for this purpose to thee'nd of providin'gthe latter with addi-- 5 tional structures, between which and thefuselage t e bombs-are carried. 7 However, in

all suc -arrangements the structure of the fuselage is unduly strained bythe weight of.

the bombs, both on account of the circular or 19 polygonal section which the-fuselage possesses, as well as on accountiof the absence of additional trussing that is rendered neces-' sary' totakeilp the additional strain due to theweight of the bombs.-

15 The object of the presentinvention is an v aeroplane constructed with .a triangular fuselage fitted with an arrangement for carrymg arge bombs, without any need of interfering with. the resisting structure, and

m whic, is also provided with means fit for dropping bombs.-

In the accompanyin drawings which show:-

schematically a. pre erred embodiment of 'the -inventiom- 1 2:5 F g] "1 'd 2'show'respectively in cross .seoti and in fractional side view a triangular fuselage with bombs, and

Figures 3 and 4 show in transverse sec- "tion and in side view the :same object of the i flinvention without bombs, thus allowing'the I various-structures to be'shown."

"As will be seen fromthe drawings, the fuselageconsists substantially of transversal rectlhne'ar elements 1' and 2; 2- connected in '35 a triangle and whichserveto stiflen the longitudinal elements e, 4 and 5.- Over this cen tral structurelfor acertain; length is ari'anged externally .a peripheric structure shapeda's a symmetric ly'gon m respect to,the median after, having opened one of ,the: two shutters 9 mounted on hinge 10 and subject to th action of springs 9 which get stretched dur ing the opening of the shutters 11 whic] "close automatically after the dropping 0 each bomb. The shutters 11, as it is evident may be operated simultaneously or separate "1y, orbe opened automatically by the weigh of the bomb at the moment the latter i dropped.

The shape of the transversal section of .th fuselage may vary in di'fierent manners,'an1 by way-of example a triangular shape ha been shown, but 'it might aJSOIbB rectangular H The connection of the structure containing the bombs with the outer wallo'f the fuselag at the top, below and with the fore and rea: parts is better shown in Figures 3 and 4 where 12 and lfindioate the elements for the'front and rear connection,

' Claims: g 1 "1. Anaeroplane fuselage for carryinglarg' bombs comprising a cross sectionally trian gular base frame, trussing on the inside 0' said frame, a=pa1r of peripheric structure mounted on the outside of. the baseframe said structures providing spaces adjacent t1 the lateral walls of said base frame for th emplacement of bombs, and shutters pro vided at the lower ends of the structures.

-2;- An aeroplane ,fuselagfe comprising an approximately triangular base frame, a 'po "lygohal outrigger bomb frame attached t1 the base frame,land"a spring shutter pro 'viding. a closure for an otherwise' open em of the'outfi gger frame,

In testimony whereof I have ailixed in "signature this-16th day of November, 1929.

GIANNE QAPRONI.

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